5spd tranny geared wierd ('84 )

[jdbubb@ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

Actually the FN and 9A have no gear in common except 1st. ( Every 020 has
1st in common)
FN    3.89    3.45    1.94    1.29    .97    .76
9A    3.67    3.45    2.12    1.44    1.13    .89
I think you picked the wrong line in the gears listing on scirocco.org
Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: <pbureau@attbi.com>
To: <schofiel@telusplanet.net>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 12:13 AM
Subject: Re: 5spd tranny geared wierd ('84 )


> Tranny #  Final   1st   2nd  3rd   4th  5th
>           Drive
> FN (81>)   3.89   3.45  1.94 1.29  0.97  0.76
> 91         3.89   3.45  1.94 1.29  0.91  0.71
>
> So basically the FN an 9a are closely related
> the 4th-5th gears are different, and your 5th is longer
> than my 9a, I am considering getting a comversion to a
> 0.75 or 0.80 myself (lots of highway)
>
> ATS - Patrick Bureau
> > The JH is a solid lifter motor.  As far as the tranny, climb under the
car
> > and get the code off of the bottom of the housing and then go to the
gears
> > section of scirocco.org to find the gearing.  It's possible the origianl
may
> > have self machined and someone used a different tranny style in as a
> > replacement.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Curtis Schofield" <schofiel@telusplanet.net>
> > To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 4:03 PM
> > Subject: 5spd tranny geared wierd ('84 )
> >
> >
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > As some of you know I just bought a '84 rocco. I just put
> > > it on the road last thursday. Drove it a little friday and then
> > > took it to a muffler shop. (it had no muffler, and i got the
> > > cat replaced with a resonator).
> > >
> > > Anyways.. I drove it around today city/highway for about
> > > an hour or two. It's geared really wierd. I used to own a 84
> > > Jetta GLI and i like the way it shifted. My new rocco's tranny
> > > is really bugging me. In 4th gear at about 2800-2900  i'm going
100kph,
> > > in 5th gear at 2800 i'm going 120kph, at ~3150 i'm going 140kph, and
> > > the engine stops moving at around ~3500-4000. (160kph).
> > > 1st and 2nd gear are pretty close but 3rd is a little wide and 4th and
> > > 5th
> > > are very wide.
> > >
> > > If i understand correctly the sweet spot is around 5500rpm. The way
> > > things are geared, i only really hit that if in 1st and 2nd, and 3rd
if
> > > i let it
> > > goto 100. Downshifting on the highway from 5th to 4th is almost like
> > > doing nothing at all. They are really close together.
> > >
> > >
> > > My old GLI with a JH engine easily hit 180kph in 5th gear.. the
Scirocco
> > > struggles to get to 160. It's not a big deal since i don't ever drive
> > > that fast
> > > on the highways, but it's a little disconcerting considering the
> > > scirocco is
> > > lighter and "sportier".
> > >
> > > Is this possible on of those "Wide" geared transmissions? It's bugging
> > > the
> > > hell out of me. What sort of recourse do i have to fix it? What sort
of
> > > cost
> > > would it be?
> > >
> > > Also.. the JH has solid lifter cams?
> > >
> > >
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